In our poll, Hillary Clinton loses to John McCain, 42%-48%, and to Rudy Giuliani 41%-50%. Even though Clinton maintains a 7% edge over Obama among Democratic respondents, Obama fares better in the general election matchups. It’s so close that it’s a statistical dead heat, but Obama still loses: 43%-45% to McCain, 44%-45% to Giuliani.

Rather stunning that given the president’s horrific approval numbers, the GOP still fares so well against the top tier democrats. We have to wonder what these numbers would look like if Bush’s numbers were at 50% or better.